With Viacom deal, Amazon looks like a real competitor to Netflix
Amazon continues to add content to its Amazon Prime Instant Videos service. It announced a deal with Viacom that will bring the number of titles available to more that 15,000, or three times the amount of content it launched the service with.
Lovefilm lands on LG, Roku up next
U.K. Netflix clone Lovefilm just announced an app for LG's smart TV's, and the company is also getting ready to launch on Roku's media streamer once the device becomes available to Britons. Details on the Roku app are scarce, but it could launch in early February.
Amazon, Samsung throw UltraViolet a lifeline
Hollywood’s UltraViolet initiative might not have gotten off to a great start. But things are looking up, as it's added Amazon as a partner, and Samsung Blu-ray players will now let consumers add DVDs they've already purchased to their UltraViolet digital rights lockers.
How Hulu’s ‘Steamboat’ ads recommend new shows to users
While Hulu has mostly built its audience by featuring popular new programming, it's also building a recommendations system to introduce viewers to new content. It's leveraging those recommendations with a new set of ads aimed at getting users hooked on shows they didn't known about.
Now sync your own videos to the Kindle Fire with Miro
There will be millions of new Kindle Fire owners unwrapping the tablets over the holidays. Amazon wants users to buy movies and TV shows on the Kindle Fire, but those who want to transfer their own videos to the device can now do so with Miro.
Warner Bros. turns to Twitter to promote #UltraViolet
The next step in Hollywood's effort to educate consumers about its UltraViolet digital rights locker came from Warner Bros., which is taking to Twitter with a promoted trend aimed at getting Harry Potter fans excited about streaming the title to their computers and other devices. 
The Newsonomics of apps and HTML5
Apps are all the rage, with The Daily's taking center-stage this week. With tabletmania sweeping the country, you can almost hear the howls of publishers across the country, as they implore their IT chiefs: "Get me an app, pronto!" Apps are a wonder, a come-out-of-nowhere phenomenon that Apple invented for the iPhone and has been...
